Sunday, February 19, 2012
My 7 month old has been using an iPad for 3 months now
When I have some time, I'll write out my whole story - but needless to say - I'm a bit of a tech junkie. Thanks to my dear husband, my assimilation into Apple culture is complete. I have an iPad, iPod, iPhone 4S, and a macbook air. I also have a windows laptop that i use for my windows IT stuff... but that's purely for work purposes. I'm a big believer in the idea that the digital divide will determine the new social classes in the future, so I want my little one to be up to speed with computers. I totally intend on teaching her to program when the time comes. But for now, I'm getting her used to using technology. I have been letting her play with my iPad since she was 3 months old. When she was 4 months and her coordination got better, she started to respond to it. I have a few apps, mainly ones that make noises when she touches the screen and also speak to her - narrating her actions. It's quite amazing watching her figure out how it works. The result was that in a few short weeks, she started trying to touch every single screen she came across. Now at 7 months, she's happily banging on my iPad making colors and sparkles appear. She's discovered that if she does the 4-finger motions, the iPad does even more cool things. In time I hope she'll be using it to read books, learn games, and ultimately interface with the web. Here's to having a tech-savvy baby girl!
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iPad,
technology
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